KevinMD September 30, 2024
Imagine a medical syndrome so common that as many as one in five patients who nearly die in a medical setting experience it. Also, imagine that this syndrome has a profound, lifelong effect on both the patient and their family. Finally, imagine that if this syndrome is mishandled by the patient’s physician, it may have major adverse consequences for the patient and their loved ones.
Sounds like something all physicians and medical personnel should be able to recognize and treat, doesn’t it? Sounds like something that should be inculcated in all medical training, beginning in medical school. But it’s not!
Incredibly, it isn’t included in medical curricula, so most physicians are clueless when they encounter this syndrome. I won’t drag...
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